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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the Law of the Minimum determine?

2. What does Paul watch a clip about?

3. What do Jessica's genetics enable Paul to do?

4. Of whom does Paul remind Halleck?

5. Why does Jessica hope that Paul does not use Voice?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Paul think about while he pretends to be asleep?

2. Summarize the third section.

3. How does Jessica and Yueh deal with Idaho's drunkenness?

4. What is the only way to kill worms?

5. What message does Jessica receive during the dinner party?

6. Why can the Duke not marry Jessica?

7. How can one escape a worm?

8. Summarize the final section of book 1.

9. How do the Fremen soldiers fare in their battle against the Sardaukar's?

10. What does Leto look like as Yueh leads him to the Baron?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Choose one of the characters from the novel.

1) What is the character's background.

2) What is the character's motivation and goals?

3) What do you think the character adds to the story? How would the story change if the character was taken away?

Essay Topic 2

Using examples to support your argument discuss the following statement. Herbert's depiction of the female characters is clichéd and one dimensional.

Essay Topic 3

Examine the novel's plot structure.

1) What is the premise of the novel? Does Herbert stick closely to the premise?

2) What problems do the characters have to solve? How do they solve them?

3) Do you think the book concludes satisfactorily?

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